(1)Every person detained in the civil prison in execution of a decree shall be so detained,—
(a)where the decree is for the payment of a sum of money exceeding 3[ 4[five thousand rupees], for a period not exceeding three months, and,]
5[(b) where the decree is for the payment of a sum of money exceeding two thousand rupees, but not exceeding five thousand rupees, for a period not exceeding six weeks.]
6[(1A) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that no order for detention of the judgment- debtor in civil prison in execution of a decree for the payment of money shall be made, where the total amount of the decree does not exceed 7[two thousand rupees.]] (2) A judgment-debtor released from detention under this section shall not merely by reason of his release be discharged from his debt, but he shall not be liable to be re-arrested under the decree in execution of which he was detained in the civil prison.